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In the city of New York, basketball is a day to day thing, one day we suck and we should rebuild, the next day they're singing our praises

There is never a middle-ground is there?
The team still needs retooling though. Most games, Balkman, Lin, and Novak wouldn't even come off the bench. And it's not like the Pistons (how long as Gordon been injured?) are a big threat.

There is never a middle-ground is there?
The team still needs retooling though. Most games, Balkman, Lin, and Novak wouldn't even come off the bench. And it's not like the Pistons (how long as Gordon been injured?) are a big threat.

never middle ground no moral victories, the Bulls lost to the Heat and their media and fan base understand how the game works, we lost to the Heat and need to blow our team up.

Derrick Rose shot 11-28 against Miami and missed crucial free throws, a game winner and didn't pass it to an open Rip Hamilton but was praised for his play

Carmelo Anthony shot 10-30 against Denver, hit the game tying shot to force over time, and made solid plays down the stretch and missed an open Douglas due to a bad angle to see him being open yet was criticized

LOL, if Carmelo wouldn't shoot so many contested shots while double or even triple teamed we'd win that game (against Denver) without going into overtime. But, last night he played much better, didn't stop the ball that much, looked for his teammates and tried to shoot only while open or not really contested + made some nice drives to the basket. Good game by Carmelo.
Fields looked great, 18 points (7 of 10) + 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals.
Amare very poor rebounding (only 4 boards) and he should definately work on his jumper...
Chandler great as always and the rest very solid.

edit: Lin again 4 dishes within 6 minutes, added 4 points, a steal and a rebound... this kid played better in his short playing time than Douglas in more than 20 minutes...

WTF happened to mike dantoni? we ran plays, and shot over 60%. amazing how that works. the 3s were in the flow of the offense (except that one by melo...idk what the hell he was thinking).

but i saw something else i liked. tyson posting up. the result wasnt good but he drew a double...that could easily be converted into automatic points for anyone else on the floor.

fields' play has been night and day. he looked terrified of wade but last night he was penetrating and shooting with confidence. maybe hes got some screws loose or something, but whatever is going on in his life needs to continue.

There is never a middle-ground is there?
The team still needs retooling though. Most games, Balkman, Lin, and Novak wouldn't even come off the bench. And it's not like the Pistons (how long as Gordon been injured?) are a big threat.

The Knicks dont need retooling, the Knicks need for Melo, Stat, and Tyson
Chandler to co-exist in offense and defense....the best PG in the NBA cant
make those three players co-exist....that is the Headcoach job.

The Knicks second-unit line-up to start this tight-game season shouldve been:
C-Jordan
PF-Jorts
SF-Balkman
SG-Shump
PG-Bibby
We had no training-camp and no summer work-out facility....our Starters
needed "GELLIN" playingtime in practice vs the 2nd-unit, and the 2nd-unit
lineup needed playingtime in games to build confidence to co-exist.

Reserve players JJ, Walker, Novak, Lin are players u give playingtime to in the
2nd half of the game.

novak is undeniably our best 3 point shooter and i know how alot of you would like to see him play more but what else is he really good for? and in the time he does play he takes alot of bad 3s instead of moving the ball once he grabs it he throws it and sometimes,yes, he will make it in but id rather him play smart and take better looking threes rather then catch and shoot

I mean Kyle Korver doesn't do much other than shoot and he plays a lot for Chicago, Novak doesn't need 15-20 minutes but playing 7-10 would be great for him. He should play when Melo sits to start the 2nd and 4th quarters. STAT at the 5 with Novak at the 4

novak is undeniably our best 3 point shooter and i know how alot of you would like to see him play more but what else is he really good for? and in the time he does play he takes alot of bad 3s instead of moving the ball once he grabs it he throws it and sometimes,yes, he will make it in but id rather him play smart and take better looking threes rather then catch and shoot

He takes a lot of bad threes because Dumbtoni's offense and our terrible PG that plays alongside of him while he's playing (Douglas), can't get him the ball. Let Lin drive and kick it back out and see how many WIDE OPEN 3's he misses. Won't be many.